1. March 2012 TGac Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda
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March 2012 TGac Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda
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2. IEEE 802.11ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
March 2012
IEEE ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
San Jose, CA
March 7-9, 2012
Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Vice Chair: Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm)
Vice Chair: Joonsuk Kim (Broadcom)
Technical Editor: Robert Stacey (Apple)
Secretary: David Yang (Huawei Technologies)
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3. March 2012
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
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4. Patent Policy Following 5 slides March 2012 March 2012
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Patent Policy
Following 5 slides
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5. Instructions for the WG Chair
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Instructions for the WG Chair
The IEEE-SA strongly recommends that at each WG meeting the chair or a designee:
Show slides #1 through #4 of this presentation
Advise the WG attendees that:
The IEEE’s patent policy is consistent with the ANSI patent policy and is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws;
Early identification of patent claims which may be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged;
There may be Essential Patent Claims of which the IEEE is not aware. Additionally, neither the IEEE, the WG, nor the WG chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance or whether any such assurance is, in fact, of a Patent Claim that is essential for the use of the standard under development.
Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting:
That the foregoing information was provided and that slides 1 through 4 (and this slide 0, if applicable) were shown;
That the chair or designee provided an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that may be essential for the use of that standard
Any responses that were given, specifically the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that were identified (if any) and by whom.
The WG Chair shall ensure that a request is made to any identified holders of potential essential patent claim(s) to complete and submit a Letter of Assurance.
It is recommended that the WG chair review the guidance in IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual and in FAQs 12 and 12a on inclusion of potential Essential Patent Claims by incorporation or by reference.
Note: WG includes Working Groups, Task Groups, and other standards-developing committees with a PAR approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board.
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6. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
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Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants:
“Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents
“Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims
“Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents)
The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group
Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2
Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged
No duty to perform a patent search
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7. Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
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Patent Related Links
All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development.
Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws
IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual
Material about the patent policy is available at
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit
This slide set is available at
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8. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
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Call for Potentially Essential Patents
If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance:
Either speak up now or
Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or
Cause an LOA to be submitted
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9. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
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Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws.
Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims.
Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions.
Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings.
Technical considerations remain primary focus
Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets.
Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation.
Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object.
See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.
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10. Agenda for Wednesday, March 7th , 09:00 – 17:00
TG meeting call to order
Patent policy, etc
Host Information
Editor Report
Call for submissions
Set agenda
Comment Resolution
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11. Host Information Thanks to Cisco for hosting the TGac ad hoc meeting
March 2012
Host Information
Thanks to Cisco for hosting the TGac ad hoc meeting
Special thanks to Brian Hart, Reza Hedayat, and Peter E for arranging hotels and facilities.
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12. General Flow of the Meeting
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General Flow of the Meeting
Wednesday
Administrivia
Editor Report
Resolution of Comments
Thursday
Friday
Adjourn
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13. Editor Report Robert Stacey March 2012
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14. All Straw Polls will be converted to Motions during the
March 2012
Telecon Minutes
To be added
All Straw Polls will be converted to Motions during the
IEEE Meeting next week
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15. March 2012
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Submissions
11-12/0266rx, “LB187 Clause 1 to 3 proposed resolutions”, Adrian Stephens
11-12/0232rx, “LB187 Clause 6 Comment Resolutions”, Adrian Stephens.
11-12/0234, “Resolutions for general frame format CIDs (11ac/D2.0)” Mark Rison
11-12/0238, “Resolutions for highest supported rate CIDs (11ac/D2.0)”, Mark Rison
11-12/0240, “HT IE subfield applicability to VHT”, Mark Rison.
11-12/0245, “LB187 Clause 10 Comment Resolutions”, Adrian Stephens.
11-12/0250, “clause cids”, Eldad Perahia
11-12/0251, “clause cids”, Eldad Perahia
11-12/0287, “Clause a Comment Resolution”, Osama Aboul-Magd
11-12/0291, “LB187 Clause 22.1, , , Comment Resolutions », Youhan Kim
10-12/0293, Cropping VHT Basic/Supported MCS Sets from Below, Brian Hart
10-12/0295, Cropping VHT Basic/Supported MCS Sets from Below, Brian Hart
10-12/0297, TPC, Operating Classes, and Channel Switching, Brian Hart
11-12/300, Proposed Resolutions to Comments on Clauses 9.15 and 9.16, Allert Van Zelst
11-12/301, Resolutions to Comments on Clause 22.5, Allert Van Zelst
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

16. Submissions (Contd) March 2012
11-12/0303r0, “clause-9.7 proposed resolutions part 1”, Liwen Chu
11-12/0304r0, “comment 4691 resolution”, Liwen Chu
11-12/0311r0, “LB187 CID 4574 Comment Resolutions”, Youhan Kim
11-12/0313, “Resolution to CID 5310”, Vish Ponnampalam
11-12/0318, “LB187 CID 4147, 4686, 4267, 4268 Comment Resolutions », Youhan Kim.
11-12/0319r0, D20 Link Adaptation Comment Resolution, Hongyuan Zhang
11-12/0320r0, “Comment resolution clause 9.17a”, Simone Merlin
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17. March 2012
11-12/0226r5
No objection was noted for the resolutions of the CIDs, 4987, 4265, 5043, 5044, 4003, 4474, 4779, 5047, 5048, 5049, , 4006, 4970, 4971, 4972, 4504, 4505, 4506, 5271, 4974, 5333, 5374, 5051, 4582, 4974, 5052, 4917, 4880, 5399, 5054, 5400, 5357, 4507, and 4508.
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18. March 2012
11-12/0287r1
No objection was noted for the resolutions of the CIDs, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4270, 4511, 4638, 4678, 4782, 4924, 4925, 4931, 4932, 4975, 5026, 5055, 5334, and 5401.
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19. Agenda for Thursday, March 8th, 9:00 – 17:00
Comment Resolution
9:00 – 10:45 Comment Resolution
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11: :30 Comment Resolution
12:30 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 3:00 Comment Resolution
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 5:00 Comment Resolution
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20. Agenda for Friday, March 9th, 9:00 – 17:00
Comment Resolution
Editor Report
Adjourn
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